The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.

                                
                                     [6-text p 503] 
                                  
                                  That is bitwixe an housebond and his wyf
                                
                                  A ȝeer and more lasted þis blisful lijf [folio 160b] 
                                
                                  Til þat þis knight of which I spak of þus
                                
                                  þat of kynrede was cleped arneragus
                                  Line 808 
                                
                                  Schope him to gon and dwelle a ȝeer or tweyne
                                
                                  In engelond þat cleped eek was bretayne
                                
                                  To seche in armes worschipe and eek honour
                                
                                  ffor alle his lust he sette in such labour
                                  Line 812 
                                
                                  And dwelleþ þere þe book saiþ þus
                                
                                  Now wol I stynte of þis arneragus
                                
                                  And speken I wole of dorygen his wijf
                                
                                  þat loueþ hir housbonde as hire hertes lyf
                                  Line 816 
                                
                                  And for his absens wepeþ sche and sikeþ /
                                
                                  As don þese noble wyues when hem likeþ
                                
                                  Sche mourneþ wakeþ wayleþ fasteþ & pleyneþ
                                
                                  Desïre of his presence hire so destreyneþ
                                  Line 820 
                                
                                  That alle þis wyde world sche sette at nouȝt
                                
                                  hire freendes which þat knewe hire heuy þouȝt
                                
                                  Conforted hire in al þat euer þey mighte or may
                                
                                  They prechen hire þay tellen hire night and day
                                  Line 824 
                                
                                  þat causeles sche sleeþ hire self allas /
                                
                                  And euery confort possible in þis cas
                                
                                  þey don to hire wiþ alle here busynes /
                                
                                  And alle to make hire lete hir heuynes
                                  Line 828 
                                
                                  By processe as ȝe knowe wel euerychon
                                
                                  Men may so longe grauen in þe ston
                                
                                  Til som figure þerinne enprentyd be
                                
                                  So longe han þey conforted hire þat sche
                                  Line 832 
                                
                                  Receyued haþ by hope and by reson
                                
                                  The empryntyng of hir constillacion
                                
                                  Thurgh which hire grete sorwe gan aswage /
                                
                                  Sche may nought alway endure in such a rage /
                                  Line 836 
                                
                                  And eek arneragus in al þis care
                                
                                  haþ sent his lettres home in al þis fare
                                
                                  And þat he wolde come hastly aȝayn
                                
                                  Oþer hadde þis sorwe hire herte slayn

                                  Line 840

Pages

Index

About this Item

Title: The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Canvas: Page 354
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.,; 1868-[1869]

Technical Details

Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
Link to this Item: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/agz8235.0001.001
Link to this scan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/agz8235.0001.001/382

Rights and Permissions

The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials are in the public domain. If you have questions about the collection, please contact [email protected]. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact [email protected].

DPLA Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States

IIIF

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/api/manifest/cme:agz8235.0001.001

Cite this Item

Full citation: "The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/agz8235.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2025.

The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.

Annotations Tools

Actions

About this Item

Technical Details

Rights and Permissions

Related Links

IIIF

Cite this Item